Responding to Hate Crimes and Bias-Motivated Incidents on College/UniversityCampuses

摘要

The Community Relations Service (CRS), an arm of the U.S. Department of Justice,is a specialized Federal conciliation service available to State and local officials to help solve and prevent racial and ethnic conflict. CRS offers its services to governors, mayors, police chiefs and school officials in their reports to defuse racial crises. CRS assists local officials and residents design locally defined resolutions when conflict and violence threat community stability and well-being. As directed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRS conciliators use specialized crisis management and violence reduction techniques to provide assistance in identifying the source of conflict and violence and creating a more cohesive community environment. CRS has no law enforcement authority and does not impose solutions, investigate or prosecute cases, or assign blame or fault. However, CRS conciliators are required by law to conduct their activities in confidence, without publicity, and are prohibited from disclosing confidential information.